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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+package com.sun.javadoc;
+
+/**
+ * Parameter information.
+ * This includes a parameter type and parameter name.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Field
+ */
+public interface Parameter {
+
+    /**
+     * Get the type of this parameter.
+     *
+     * @return the type of this parameter.
+     */
+    Type type();
+
+    /**
+     * Get local name of this parameter.
+     * For example if parameter is the short 'index', returns "index".
+     *
+     * @return the name of this parameter as a string.
+     */
+    String name();
+
+    /**
+     * Get type name of this parameter.
+     * For example if parameter is the short 'index', returns "short".
+     * <p>
+     * This method returns a complete string
+     * representation of the type, including the dimensions of arrays and
+     * the type arguments of parameterized types.  Names are qualified.
+     *
+     * @return a complete string representation of the type.
+     */
+    String typeName();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a string representation of the parameter.
+     * <p>
+     * For example if parameter is the short 'index', returns "short index".
+     *
+     * @return type and parameter name of this parameter.
+     */
+    String toString();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the annotations of this parameter.
+     * Return an empty array if there are none.
+     *
+     * @return the annotations of this parameter.
+     * @since 1.5
+     */
+    AnnotationDesc[] annotations();
+}